A spacious garden, smiling with its green trees of pine and oak, in whose shade the girls of the school stroll about.

This was the first glance I cast at that great institution of learning; then my gaze moved on to a huge building of two stories, and I understood from the headmistress, after conversing with her, that the upper floor is for sleeping and the lower floor for teaching.

The headmistress received me with her cheerful face, apologizing for her delay and for my waiting, and with a gracious smile asked me what help she could offer. When I told her that my purpose was to carry back some information about her pupils and her school for the readers of "The Woman's Voice," she assured me of her readiness to give every assistance, and gave me the following information:

The English School is very old and widely known in social circles, on account of the years that have passed since its founding. The purpose at which it aims is the refinement of character, particularly from the spiritual side, for it believes that religion is the foundation of morals. It graduates women teachers who train children in uprightness, truthfulness, honesty, and good character.

Its program, like that of the other schools, teaches the three languages, but it puts the Arabic language in the first rank, in the belief that the daughters of